Vision https://vision-advertising.com/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:34:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://vision-advertising.com/wp-content/uploads/V-Vision-150x150.png Vision https://vision-advertising.com/ 32 32 Soft Marketing: The Best Marketing Isn’t Always Direct https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/soft-marketing-the-best-marketing-isnt-always-direct/ https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/soft-marketing-the-best-marketing-isnt-always-direct/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:34:10 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14738 Your bottom line may be revenue, but the best marketing is rarely a straight demand for people to buy your stuff and link them directly to your storefront. This is the critical part of marketing that many businesses fail to see: it is as much about building your brand (the presence of your business) as […]

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]]> https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/soft-marketing-the-best-marketing-isnt-always-direct/feed/ 0 Marketing Trends Fail Without Marketing Fundamentals https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/marketing-trends-fail-without-marketing-fundamentals/ https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/marketing-trends-fail-without-marketing-fundamentals/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:00:12 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14719 You’ve read an article. You’ve watched a short-form video on social media. You’ve asked your AI chatbot of choice. And you think you’ve found the marketing silver bullet. Whether we’re talking to prospects, answering social media messages, or taking questions at an event, we encounter it: people chasing marketing trends fail without understanding marketing fundamentals. […]

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]]> https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/marketing-trends-fail-without-marketing-fundamentals/feed/ 0 How Your Leads Disappear Between Marketing and Sales https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/how-your-leads-disappear-between-marketing-and-sales/ https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/how-your-leads-disappear-between-marketing-and-sales/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:34 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14694 Your marketing team is responsible for generating leads. Your sales team is responsible for turning those leads into revenue. It should be a straightforward pipeline, and both your sales and marketing teams should be marching hand in hand. Should be. Often there is a disconnect between marketing and sales: sometimes this means two teams not […]

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]]> https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/how-your-leads-disappear-between-marketing-and-sales/feed/ 0 Why Your Website Gets No Phone Calls (But Plenty of Traffic) https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/why-your-website-gets-no-phone-calls-but-plenty-of-traffic-2/ https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/why-your-website-gets-no-phone-calls-but-plenty-of-traffic-2/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:14 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14710 One of the biggest struggles a business can have is converting interest in its products and services into credible leads. This can be doubly frustrating when you can see that your website is ranking well and getting plenty of traffic. If your website gets no phone calls, even though you can see people are browsing […]

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]]> https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/why-your-website-gets-no-phone-calls-but-plenty-of-traffic-2/feed/ 0 Why “It Depends” is the Right Answer from Your Marketing Agency https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/why-it-depends-is-the-right-answer-from-your-marketing-agency/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:45:22 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14644 We all want easy answers. We all want silver bullets. But anyone who has run a business for any length of time knows there are few actual shortcuts and many dead ends when looking for ways to improve your business—especially when it comes to marketing. And while it’s not the answer you want, when you […]

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]]> Google Search Changes May (or May Not) Change SEO Forever https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/google-search-changes-may-or-may-not-change-seo-forever/ Tue, 26 May 2026 15:53:32 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14640 Last week, as part of its Google I/O conference on Tuesday, Google announced sweeping upcoming changes to how Google Search would function in the near future. Instead of typing in your keywords and getting a page back with links, future interactions would work much more like talking with a generative AI agent, or an “intelligent […]

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]]> What Do Your Customers Think of AI Marketing? https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/what-do-your-customers-think-of-ai-marketing/ Mon, 18 May 2026 17:24:22 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14634 Generative AI has changed the marketing landscape, enabling business owners to generate text and images on demand for their marketing. But it hasn’t necessarily changed the landscape for the best. With low-effort AI “slop” being the new baseline for small business marketing, it can be easy to hate it. Before discarding it for your own […]

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]]> Marketing for Boring Industries: Options for Promoting the Unglamorous https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/marketing-for-boring-industries-options-for-promoting-the-unglamorous/ Mon, 11 May 2026 18:58:43 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14629 Your unglamorous business isn’t going to go viral by having your staff do the latest TikTok dance. And that’s okay. If you’re a boring service, making it big on social media probably isn’t going to translate those views into additional sales. Instead, when it comes to marketing for boring industries, you need to focus on […]

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]]> How to Know If Your Marketing is Actually Working https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/how-to-know-if-your-marketing-is-actually-working/ Mon, 04 May 2026 15:59:33 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14623 Whether you’ve just started marketing initiatives or have had marketing for your business running for years, marketing without analysis is—at best—guesswork and, at worst, throwing good money after bad. It’s why marketing agencies can deliver where an owner’s attempted marketing fails, and why the expertise to read and understand marketing data is as important as […]

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]]> Websites Drive Sales When Designed by Marketers https://vision-advertising.com/blog/2026/websites-drive-sales-when-designed-by-marketers/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:13:52 +0000 https://vision-advertising.com/?p=14616 If your current website isn’t working—driving traffic, showing up on search engines, or converting visitors into leads—it probably isn’t nefarious; it’s just a lack of expertise. Marketing is designed to turn heads and drive interest, and if your website wasn’t built with involvement from a marketing department or agency, it’s time to reevaluate. Today, we […]

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